Mahjong: spring, summer, fall and winter, plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, what does it represent?

Plums, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums account for spring, summer, fall and winter, and are known as the "Four Gentlemen". "Plum" means noble and proud, "Orchid" represents elegant and ethereal, "Bamboo" symbolizes modest and temperate, "Chrysanthemum" is Chrysanthemum" is a symbol of coldness and purity, which expresses people's sense of the order of time and the meaning of life, as well as the desire for a certain aesthetic personality, and has become a symbol of the Chinese people's feelings for things.

Plums, orchids, bamboo and chrysanthemums are the flower tiles in mahjong.

In the national standard mahjong game, the flower tiles include "spring, summer, autumn, winter, plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum" each one, ****8. In Fujian Mahjong, Hua tiles include one each of "Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, Plum, Orchid, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum" and four each of "South-East, West, North-West, Middle, White", ****36 tiles.

There are no hwatu tiles in Sichuan Mahjong and Hebei Mahjong.

Expanded:

The names of the three basic suits of mahjong are called "ten thousand, bunch and tube".

The pattern of "tube" is the cross-section of a gunpowder gun, and "tube" is the barrel of a gun, with several tubes indicating several gunpowder guns.

"Suo" that is, "bundle", is strung up with a thin bundle of rope birds, so "a Suo" pattern represented by birds, a few Suo is a few bundles of birds, the prize money is calculated according to the number of birds. The prize money is calculated according to the number of birds.

"Wan" is the unit of reward, and tens of thousands is the amount of reward.

Additionally, "southeast, west, north and west" is the direction of the wind, so it is called "wind", and the gunpowder gun shooting birds should take into account the direction of the wind. "

In, white, hair": "in" that is, the meaning of the shot, so the red; "white" that is, the white board, empty gun; "hair "that is, the release of bounty, to receive the reward to get rich.

Instead of saying that these patterns are derived from the cleverness and wisdom of the designers, it is the natural flow and expression of the unique aesthetic ideas of the Chinese.